UK weather: woman dies after building falls on car in severe winds

A woman dies, and three others are injured, after part of a building in
Holborn, London collapses on her car in severe gusts

2:46PM GMT 15 Feb 2014

In central London, a woman died and three other people were injured when the fascia of a building collapsed on to a car opposite Holborn underground station.

A man and a woman were freed from the car but the woman died at the scene, London Ambulance Service said.

A man in his 20s was taken to hospital with leg injuries, where he is in a stable condition.

Forecasters are warning of more heavy rainfall and gale-force winds today. Southern England will see between 10mm-20mm (0.4in - 0.8in), while the South West and south Wales could see up to 40mm (1.6in), the Met Office said.